Medtronic, an American medical-device giant, offers an illustrationFEW INDUSTRIES have whipsawed in the covid-19 recession as violently as medical-device makers. The pandemic led to a collapse in elective medical procedures requiring their sophisticated kit, dealing a powerful blow to sales. At the same time, the crisis created opportunities for firms making ventilators and testing kit.For…
The Dow Jones dropped over 400 points Friday.U.S. stocks plummeted after earnings season crushed big tech.Nadex believes Dow bulls should be backing Donald Trump.The Dow Jones dropped again on Friday, as earnings crushed Apple and Boeing stock. Election jitters are on the rise, with some investors starting to question how market-friendly a Joe Biden presidency…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined by as much as 128 points on Friday.Risk appetite is declining ahead of next week’s presidential election, the Dow on track for its worst month since March.U.S. Covid-19 cases top 89,000 in a single day, a new record.The Dow and broader U.S. stock market declined on Friday, as pre-election…
Before you decide to work with an executive coach, assess your readiness to ensure you’ll actually benefit and grow from the experience. Take a look at yourself in the context of seven characteristics of successful coachees. Are you willing to hold yourself accountable for making progress? Are you open to new behaviors and ways of…
Bias mitigation is a fairly technical process, where certain techniques can be deployed depending on the stage in the machine learning pipeline: pre-processing, in-processing and post-processing. Each offers a unique opportunity to reduce underlying bias and create a technology that is honest and fair to all. Leaders must make it a priority to take a closer look…
Many cyber insurance policies specifically exclude “hostile or warlike actions” from their coverage. While this is an understandable measure to protect insurers in times of widespread upheaval, it can leave businesses with little recourse when they’re hit by a state-sponsored cyberattack. In this piece, the author suggests several ways that businesses can build resilience to…
It can feel impossible to escape from negativity right now. Fortunately, research shows that we can protect ourselves from the damaging effects of toxicity by taking steps to ensure we are “thriving” — a psychological term to describe the state in which people experience a sense of both vitality and learning. Simple choices can encourage…
Once again, Robert Lacey is taking pot shots at Prince William.The future King has been accused of being ruthless.Someone had to step up and deal with Harry and Meghan’s nonsense.Another day, another quote from Robert Lacey. Man, Prince William must have done something really nasty to tick this guy off.Old Netflix Bob has been continuously…
THE STUDY of working life tends to be dominated by economists, management consultants and business-school professors. So it is nice to get a new perspective. James Suzman, an anthropologist, provides that fresh appraisal in an ambitious new book called “Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time”.Mr Suzman’s interpretation has a quasi-Biblical feel in…
“A MAINSTREAM GIANT goes countercultural.” That is how the technology press described the decision in the early 2000s by IBM, then a paragon of corporate IT, to back Linux, an obscure operating system written by a ragtag collection of activist coders. In the event, the unnatural combination wound up being a match made in computing…